Africa MediaWorks, a UK media company, has launched YANGA!, an entertainment channel targeting the African diaspora and anyone with an interest in African culture. The channel is available on Sky Channel 293 and is run by ex-Al Jazeera English and Bloomberg Television Executive Lindsey Oliver. YANGA! delivers a range of programming genres including lifestyle, comedy, […]
Insight TV, a global UHD broadcaster and producer of native UHD HDR content covering action sports, entertainment, and lifestyle, has announced new content sales deals with production and distribution company Principal Media, based in Beverly Hills, CA. Following signings last year between Insight and Principal Media, this latest deal further highlights the strong programme partnership […]
ZOO Digital is set to release a scenario planner for digital TV and movie distribution at NAB 2018. This will be made available to content owners who wish to plan worldwide distribution projects to digital platforms. ZOO is looking to address a key challenge currently facing the TV and movie industry with so many different […]
France’s Canal + Group has responded to the ongoing carriage dispute with France’s TF1 by saying it regrets the stalemate in negotiations with the TF1 Group after 18 months of discussions, stating that it has been forced to interrupt the broadcast of TF1, TMC, TFX, TF1 Séries Films, LCI and their associated services. “This decision […]
20th Century Fox has invested nearly €6 million to buy a 4 per cent stake in Italian TVoD platform Chili, reports local daily Il Sole 24 Ore. Milan-based Chili is a transactional service which offers a digital catalogue of over 50.000 films and TV series, which can be streamed or downloaded on various devices (Smart […]
While the market digests what might happen next in the bidding war now taking place over Sky’s European assets, one savvy observer says perhaps it is time to look at Canal Plus, which is suggested to be “undervalued”. Laurie Davison, media analyst at investment bank Deutsche Bank, says that the various bids for Sky prove […]
The British public spent more money on music, video and games in 2017 than on books, magazines and newspapers, according to official figures published for the first time in the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) Yearbook. It is the first time in history that revenues from entertainment exceeded those of the printed word. The key driver […]
Spanish pubcaster RTVE, operator of La 1 and La 2 among other channels, ended 2017 with a surplus of €25 million cutting its debt by over 80 per cent on the previous year. RTVE’s total revenues amounted to €980 million, €3 million more than expected, versus total costs of €952 million, down 2 per cent. […]
IQTV, a mobile and online SVoD service to offer intelligent quiz shows, will launch this July in the UK initially, with International roll-out in other territories planned to follow. The new streaming service, targeting fans of intelligent quiz shows, will aggregate classic episodes from the UK’s leading titles in the genre and provide fans with […]
The Basque-Country-based cable operator Euskaltel has increased its pay-TV subscribers by 45.5 per cent in a year. The company has gained 124,000 new subscribers for a total of 394,000 according to Euskaltel, due to the “high value of TV functionalities” and the launch of a new 4K STB with Android, the first in the market. […]